The civil war in syria will be at the top of the agenda. Leaders from 193 Member States are scheduled to attend when the annual general debate opens later on tuesday. Theyre expected to focus on the use of chemical weapons in syria. Many believe Government Forces used poison gas last month to kill hundreds of civilians in a suburb of damascus. U. S. President barack obama wanted to bypass the u. N. , and carry out punitive strikes on the regime of syrian president bashar al assad. Now hes expected to call for a united response. The syrians entered a Strategic Alliance with iran and many are waiting to hear what rowan hassanny will say. The Security Council is set to discussion a resolution urging the Syrian Government to scrap its stockpile. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe is scheduled to speak on thursday. Hes expected to announce additional aid to syrians whove been displaced by the fighting. Chemical weapons arent the only threat to stability in syria. Militants affiliated with a
U. S. russia agreement to eliminate the countrys chemical weapons arsenal. Members of the u. N. Security council have been discussing a resolution the make that agreement legally binding. Western leaders want to include possible military action and other sanctions if the administration of syrian president Bashar Alassad doesnt comply. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry met with officials from egypt and the United Arab Emirates to drum up support for the resolution. Russia and china are expected to oppose it. U. S. Leaders accuse forces loyal to assad of carrying out a poison gas attack last month in the suburbs of damascus. Hundreds of people died. If president blames rebels trying to overthrow his government but he admitted in an interview his country has been stockpiling chemical weapons for years. Translator syria has built chemical weapons since decades ago. Its no surprise they are large in amount. Syria is said to possess about 1,000 tons of the weapons but assad didnt give a pr
There two siblings made similar appeals to the member of congress. Watch this. When you watch your big brother, who he looked up to for your whole life die, die begging for his mom, i am here to ask you to make it stop. Who will pick up patrick and carry his legacy . I believe that this is the responsibility for all of us, please do not let my brother patricks name go in vain. Martha Democrat Eric swalwell and jim jordan were in that room listening and they will join me in moments. Congressman jordan was speaking out against the movement to defund the police. It is pure insanity to defund the police. And the fact that my democratic colleagues will not speak out against this crazy policy is just that frightening. This congress started off with the democrats and from the left saying we should abolish i. C. E. , going that we should abolish homeland security, and now talking about abolishing the police. This is wrong and the American People know it is wrong. Martha we will talk to the mem